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Frozen meal retailer Schwan’s is top-converting site in March, Nielsen says

Conversions at online frozen meal retailer Schwan’s came in at 50.5%, making it the top converting web retail site in March, according to the Nielsen Online Mega View report. At an average of $252.14, event and movie tickets was the category with the highest average order size for the month. The report is a regular analysis of e-commerce trends. The sites tracked by Nielsen Online with at least 500,000 unique visitors during March that had the highest conversion rates were:

  • Schwan’s, 50.5%
  • FTD.com, 27.2%
  • ProFlowers, 24.3%
  • Vitacost.com, 23.7%
  • Woman Within, 22.7%
  • Roamans, 21.0%
  • Coldwater Creek, 20.0%
  • Eddie Bauer, 19.3%
  • Blair.com, 18.9%
  • QVC, 18.5%
According to Nielsen Online, the product categories with the highest average order size were:
  • Event & Movie tickets, $252.14
  • Computer Hardware, $188.76
  • Automotive, $121.39
  • Consumer Electronics, $120.86
  • Child/Baby Care, $78.34
  • Sporting Goods & Outdoor Activities, $75.36
  • Home & Garden, $75.13
  • Office Supplies, $75.08
  • Food & Beverage, $75.07
  • Computer Software, $65.69
In March, the most-visited sites by category, based on purchases, reporting the number of purchases and the number of customers, in thousands, were, respectively:

Apparel and accessories

  • eBay, 3,959, 1,547
  • Victoria’s Secret, 851, 673
  • JC Penney, 588, 505
  • Woman Within, 443, 344
  • QVC, 426, 235

Home and garden

  • eBay, 2,106, 1,115
  • Amazon, 1,188, 942
  • JC Penney, 541, 463
  • QVC, 406, 298
  • Wal-Mart Stores, 315, 285

Health/wellness/beauty

  • eBay, 934, 603
  • Avon, 690, 543
  • Amazon, 623, 542
  • Drugstore.com, 613, 510
  • HSN.com, 414, 251

Computer software

  • Symantec, 510, 478
  • McAfee, 294, 281
  • Amazon, 191, 165
  • Intuit, 175, 152
  • Hewlett Packard, 95, 78

Books

  • Amazon, 4,498, 3,477
  • eBay, 1,689, 821
  • Barnes & Noble, 487, 432
  • Christianbook.com, 88, 74
  • Alibris, 84, 76

DVD/video
  • Amazon, 2,111, 1,520
  • DirectGroup Bertelsmann, 693, 531
  • eBay, 692, 402
  • Wal-Mart Stores, 151, 135
  • Barnes & Noble, 66, 58

Office supplies
  • VistaPrint, 1,591, 1,090
  • Office Depot, 1,404, 631
  • Staples, 787, 548
  • eBay, 338, 206
  • Hewlett Packard, 285, 207

Consumer electronics

  • eBay, 1,234, 878
  • Amazon, 980, 771
  • AT&T, 517, 387
  • Verizon Wireless, 418, 341
  • Wal-Mart Stores, 275, 234

Jewelry and watches

  • eBay, 2,058, 628
  • HSN.com , 291, 164
  • QVC, 264, 167
  • Overstock.com, 135, 116
  • Avon, 135, 119

Toys, games and hobbies

  • eBay, 5,876, 2,029
  • Amazon, 1,025, 801
  • Oriental Trading Company, 315, 250
  • Toys ‘R’ Us, 169, 145
  • Wal-Mart Stores, 128, 117

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